2022 Saratov Oblast Duma election

Under current election laws, the Oblast Duma is elected for a term of five years, with parallel voting. 10 seats are elected by party-list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold, with the other half elected in 30 single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Until 2022 the number of mandates allocated in proportional and majoritarian parts were standing at 23 and 22 seats, respectively (so the total number of seats in the Duma had been reduced from 45 to 40). Seats in the proportional part are allocated using the Imperiali quota, modified to ensure that every party list, which passes the threshold, receives at least one mandate.^[1]

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To register regional lists of candidates, parties need to collect 0.5% of signatures of all registered voters in Saratov Oblast. Prior to the election oblast-wide part of party lists was abolished with only territorial groups retaining.

The following parties were relieved from the necessity to collect signatures:^[2]

• United Russia
• Communist Party of the Russian Federation
• A Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth
• Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
• New People

№	Party	Territorial groups' leaders	Candidates	Territorial groups	Status
1	Communists of Russia	Yekaterina Ivanova • Aleksandr Grishantsov • Aleksandr Gladnikov • Aleksandra Gryakova • Sergey Demidov • Oksana Baturina • Yury Serdyuchenko • Yevgeny Yevstafyev	16	8	Registered
2	Liberal Democratic Party	Nikita Grigoryevsky • Oleg Meshcheryakov • Aleksandr Vologdin • Maksim Ramikh • Roman Letov • Igor Shirshov • Dmitry Pyanykh • Dmitry Grigorenko	29	8	Registered
3	Communist Party	Olga Alimova • Aleksandr Anidalov • Andrey Karasev • Olga Lubkova • Denis Mamayev • Nikolay Zadornov • Sergey Shitov • Aleksandr Narayevsky • Aleksandr Myakishev	25	9	Registered
4	New People	Renata Suleymanova • Andrey Zobnin • Andrey Dmitriyev • Anastasia Shcherbakova • Ilya Cherkashin • Maria Vernokvas • Roman Minayev • Anastasia Uchakina	24	8	Registered
5	United Russia	Mikhail Isayev • Aleksey Antonov • Tatyana Yerokhina • Nikolay Pankov • Natalya Kazimova • Andrey Vorobyev • Valery Radayev • Aleksandr Strelyukhin	40	8	Registered
6	A Just Russia — For Truth	Ashot Mkoyan • Aleksey Yemelyanov • Sergey Zernyshkin • Karina Arslanova • Svetlana Berezina • Ilya Starikov • Artem Chebotarev • Nadzhia Kurmokayeva	27	8	Registered
7	Rodina	Sergey Demin • Andrey Kornev • Sergey Safonov • Viktor Bezyazychny • Aleksandr Vantsov • Vladimir Torgashev • Nikolay Dubasov • Aleksandr Labyznov	16	8	Registered
	Yabloko	Dmitry Konnychev • Aleksandr Soshnikov • Ilya Kozlyakov • Kirill Rumyantsev • Aleksandr Zhurbin • Anna Yefimova • Valery Zarodin • Aleksandr Fedorenko	19	8	Failed to qualify

New People and Rodina will take part in Saratov Oblast legislative election for the first time.

30 single-mandate constituencies were formed in Saratov Oblast, an increase of 8 seats since last redistricting in 2017.

To register, candidates in single-mandate constituencies need to collect 3% of signatures of registered voters in the constituency.

Number of candidates in single-mandate constituencies

Party		Candidates
		Nominated	Registered
	United Russia	30	29
	Communist Party	30	29
	Liberal Democratic Party	29	29
	A Just Russia — For Truth	28	27
	New People	24	23
	Communists of Russia	6	6
	Rodina	1	1
	Independent	25	20
Total		173	164